Software :: Bash Command History Log / How To Write It Continuous?
Apr 14, 2011
I've been looking for how to set this up in bash with no luck so far. I can change what file the history log is written to, and how much history is saved. But it only writes the saved part when bash exits. Instead, I'd like to have bash write that file continuously as each command is entered (and maybe also do an fsync(2) to flush it to disk). That way I can see the command I crashed the box with Anyone know the magical incantation for that?
But there appears to be nothing that I can find there, in the man page, or other searches, that suggest it even can do continuous.
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Jun 7, 2010
Bash's command history is great, especially it is useful when adding the history -a command to the COMMAND_PROMPT.However, I'm wondering if there is a way to log the commands to a file as soon as the Return key is pressed, e.g. before starting the command and not on completion of the command (using the COMMAND_PROMPT option would save the command once the prompt is there again).
I read about auditing programs like snoopy and session recorder like script but I thought they're already too complex for the simple question I have. I guess that deactivating that script logs all the output of the command would lead already in the right direction but isn't there a quicker way to solve that probelm?
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May 31, 2010
What's the command to delete bash command history?
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Nov 29, 2010
I create a bash script that writes another bash file. But in the generated bash file I want to write a bash command in the file and not executing it.Here's my bash file:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
cat > ~/generateGridmix2data.sh << END
[code]...
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May 15, 2011
I want to write a bash script that will launch a command when ever I plug my phone in. how would I monitor the port in a script.
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Mar 22, 2010
I'm trying to write a bash script program in the Linux command terminal that will write to a fellow user and then continue reading down the program. this is what i have (kind of explains the idea too):
#!/bin/sh
clear
echo "this is before the write command"
write jcummins
this message should go to jerry
echo "the message didn't send and this string will not appear"
echo "it appears it has stopped at the write command"
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Feb 14, 2010
My server is currently copying a large amount of date. I periodically check how much has already been copied by using the "ls" command in the destination folder. Is there a way so that ls kind of self updates itself? Like in a log or so? Or like when using cp -v?
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Jun 23, 2009
I have to trace back what command and when it is used for the last 3 months. It is quite urgent as I have trouble with the system configuration.
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Nov 19, 2008
suppose i store the history number of a command say :
1004 cat file
Then now i want to run it like : !1004 but by using a variable.
command=1004
!$command
i am getting errors like :
command=1004command
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Nov 17, 2010
I am working on a x86 target running fedora 9.
Whenever I reboot it, my history returns to some state, and I do not have commands I did in the sessions before the reboot.
What I have to change to have updated history I had before reboot?
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Feb 15, 2010
terminal i open i have no history; the history is kept only in that terminal and is gone when i exit the terminal.If I count lines:as a user:
Code:
$ wc -l .bash_history
wc: .bash_history: Permission denied
[code]....
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Apr 8, 2011
In my organization, we have a centralized home directory for all users which gets mounted from all the machine where user logs in.Since any XYZ user can login to any of hundreds test machines and run 'sudo su - myusername', hence taking control of my home dir.How do I track who took control of my home dir and deleted its contents.
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Feb 10, 2011
what command do i use to copy .bash_history to /tmp location?
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May 4, 2010
Is there a way to define an unlimited history in Bash ?
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Aug 18, 2010
Possible Duplicate: Can history files be unified in bash? I have bash running in an ssh session, call this session A. I leave the office, go home, ssh to the same box, call this session B. From session B, I'd like to be able to look at the history of session A.
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Oct 4, 2010
How can I get/filter history entries in a specific range?I have a large history file and frequently usehistory | grep somecommandNow, my memory is pretty bad and I also want to see what else I did around the time I entered the command.For now I do this:get match, say 4992 somecommand, then I do history | grep 49[0-9][0-9]this is usually good enough, but I would much rather do it more precisely, that is see commands from 4972 to 5012, that is 20 commands before and 20 after. I am wondering if there is an easier way? I suspect, a custom script is in order, but perhaps someone else has done something similar before.
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Oct 19, 2010
I have tried a combination of the following lines in .bashrc to try and control duplicates in the bash history file:
export HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
export HISTCONTROL=erasedups
export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups
[code]....
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Nov 23, 2010
installed Ubuntu Server Edition and I've found that my first user has a bash history and I can turn on a coloured prompt by editing my .bashrc etc but new users don't have that!I did : useradd -d /home/newb -m newbpasswd newband the correct looking .bashrc file appears to be in /home/newb but it is being ignore by bash when logged in as newb. Instead I am presented with just a dollar prompt instead of "newb@server"how can I sort out my users with proper prompts?
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Mar 26, 2010
i wrote a script to run over a macintosh system
Quote:
#!/bin/bash
history -c
clear
but the script not doing what i am trying to achieve.
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Oct 7, 2010
Lets say I wanted to save my bash history permanently. I.e., so I could look in a log somewhere and find some command I used 6 months ago, like the one I used to get my printer drivers installed
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Oct 14, 2010
How do I use the "history" command to fire the last run command?
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Feb 16, 2011
Ubuntu :: save copy of bash entries / history?
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Jun 30, 2011
Is there a way to get the bash history to delete older entries that are identical to the new one?Say the bash history would look like this normally:
Code:
cd ~
ls -l
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Jan 12, 2010
i want to delete some say 10 previous commands in bash shell!
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Jun 8, 2010
I would like to keep track of not only what bash commands I used and when, but also where they were issued from, i.e. what was the current working directory when I issued "foobar" on a particular day and time. Can we ask bash history to keep track of working directories too? I have tried to get an idea of this reading the enormous "man bash", but I don't seem to have an answer yet either way.
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Jun 14, 2011
Is it possible to use the keyboard in order to select some text in the terminal windows that is not in the currently edited line? (for example, in order to copy part of previous command output).
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Jul 7, 2010
I am trying to find a method or tool to know the exact command history of all my users.I have tried to use "psacct" ,but it is not solving my perpous as it is only giving the command name.means let say 10 users have used "rm" command to remove 10 differint files then I want to know which user has removed what file.
But psacct will only give me the command name like rm used bu the user name.Then I tried to use the "w: command but it is also not solving the problem..
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Dec 12, 2010
How can I reset the history of the command at? The system labels each command starting with 1, is there a ay to reset that back to 1.
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Jun 20, 2011
If someone has done something wrong on a shared linux machine. If i want to find out who is that person or ip from where it is been done what are all the possible ways. 1 possibility I thought was to get the PID of the command and get other details from that PID?
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Nov 1, 2010
Just as the subject,I didn't find a appropriate answer with google. Is there any command to replace it?
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